Late last week, the federal Department of Health and Human Services accepted Arkansas's plan for Medicaid expansion. The city of Bentonville will give away compost and wood mulch this week. A couple of roads close or otherwise reroute in the River Valley starting today. And gas prices dropped slightly in Arkansas over the past week.
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With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
- "So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
- Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
- "Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
- ET says his goodbye
- The famous words from Gone With The Wind
- "Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
- The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
- Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
- Leaving Casablanca for the final time
- Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.



Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a concert tomorrow in Pea Ridge offers a rare audio apportunity.
Ozark Hall has been part of the central part of the University of Arkansas campus for decades. A years-long renovation was formally introduced yesterday.
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On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with authors Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady. Plus, Mercy Fort Smith opens its new breast center.
The average cost of a gallon of gas in the state rises, the University of Arkansas successfully raises funds to sponsor uniforms for the Razorback Band, and more – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers reads her Christmas column.
“On the Sunny Side of the Ocean” by John Fahey
Drs. Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields from University of Arkansas' Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society visited KUAF to discuss some of the many findings of the 2011 Blair-Rockefeller Poll. In this part, they discuss a few findings, and the success of the Tea Party movement.
"Concerto for 4 Pianos & Strings in A minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Drs. Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields from University of Arkansas' Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society visited KUAF to discuss some of the many findings of the 2011 Blair-Rockefeller Poll. In this part, they discuss the changing voting pattern of elderly Americans, the definition of being "Southern," and a few interesting observations to be made in this election cycle.
"Piano Trio. No. 6 in E-flat major Op. 70 No. 2" by Ludwig van Beethoven